To think people blathering on on FB about wishing their 1 year old a happy birthday represents all that's wrong with the world?!

[SweetElizaRose]

I know, I know, hide it and don't use FB.

There seems to have been a tidal wave of people on my FB wall wishing their children who are much too young to have FB, or in fact be able to read, a happy birthday. Said parent then goes on for several hundred words about how awesome their child is and how awesome being a parent is and oh god it's all so amazing. Some people must spend their lives being constantly amazed by very very little. It's just showboating isn't it? No wonder these kids grow up so entitled and thinking they're god's gift.
I'm going to delete them.
Along with people who keep sharing memories of their children from a couple of years ago and writing 'can't believe how small they were.' Well yes, that's what happens, they get bigger.
And people who post those 'share if you have an amazing son / daughter who is your world'
Just for once I'd like to read one that says 'share if your kids are pretty average.'

Potentially I am very grumpy from having no sleep...

Well go sort your sleep issues out as it's made you rather miserable with life.

YABU to suggest this represents all that is wrong with the world.

YANBU to suggest it is showboating. I agree with you. I have never understood these "Happy Birthday to my one year old" and then assorted friends then jumping in on their wall with "Happy Birthday". The child is not on FB, will not read the messages, nor understand them if their mum says "look, dear, Mrs Thing from down the road wishes you a Happy Birthday!"

How dare parents celebrate the life of their child? How very dare they.

Why does it bother you? Ask yourself that question.

Some people whole lives are their children , can see why you would care. People can post what they want in their on Facebook if you don't like it unfriend them

To be honest you sound a bit jealous and bitter. 😳

Hmmm.I do like to put up a bithday pic of the DC on their birthdays , and maybe say something nice (!) about them. I treat FB a bit like my online journal \ photo album & I don't really care who else sees/ likes my photos. I know my close friends & family will like them.
I cringe at "share if you love your children" type stuff & really Ott gushing posts. Oh and piles of presents pics. But I scroll merrily past, hide it if you don't want to see it op!

50 people shot dead In a single attack and you think that the problem with the world is a mother loving her child and expressing that love?

YAB incredibly U.

I think ur exaggerating here quite clearly there's a lot more wrong with world than pics on fb maybe ur the one that needs to notice what else is going on at the mo
People like myself use fb to keep in contact with family and friends who live far away it's a way of sharing good things and happy times and that is exactly what we need in this world!!!
Maybe u should not use fb if feel this strongly about it

I do understand your grumpiness.

'Share if you haven't got a single original thought in your head' seems to be the emerging zeitgeist.

What a misery! Yes, obviously children grow but they are tiny time stealers and sometimes it's hard to believe how quickly they develop!

My MIL lives for our dc, like literally. She's poorly but the thought of our kids spurs her on. People probably thought I was sad posting on holiday but for a woman who sees our dc a few times a week she was missing them greatly. Block people and lighten up!

Christafuckinglive! It is facebook. It is for sharing with people you perhaps dont see a lot. Fuck me sideways, i put a bunch of dd photos up the other day - i have friends and family around the world who havent seen her for a long long time.

I just ignore the 'repost if you love your mum/have the world's best husband/think you're all that' pists, thankfully they are few and far between and i dont have any arseholes on my fb friends list.

Unclench, op

Would you like to tell us what we are allowed to use Facefuck for?

Posting it on Facebook is not so different to having it put in the local newpaper though, is it? Just the modern version.

Well I must be nasty and spiteful too OP as I agree with everything you've said.

Share if you've got an o level (GCSE for the younger models) in stating the fucking obvious

There's someone on my FB wall who spent three hours crying yesterday - apparently - because her baby is now 1 and is so grown up! No, they are 1. They aren't grown up.
I just don't get it. But looking at the responses it's me who is weird not everyone else!

I know you're exaggerating for effect, but to single out mothers wishing their kids happy birthday on FB as 'all that's wrong with the world' in the context of what's going on in the news right now seems pretty, um, wrong headed. And a bit crass.

These people are doing no one any harm, there's nothing to suggest their kids will grow up entitled, if you don't like it - hide their feeds.

People expressing their love for their kids (on FB or anywhere else) is pretty much the opposite of what's wrong with the world.
And sure, there might be a bit of fake it till you make it about it, but there's nothing wrong with that either - babies and little toddlers take a hell of a lot of patience to look after, so if you can jolly yourself along a bit by posting pictures of them on FB looking awesome and gorgeous, why not? All to the good.

So please enlighten us money and OP

What exciting worthy things do you post on Facebook then..???

I do think you might have picked the wrong morning to use the phrase "all that's wrong with the world" !

I supposed I didn't mean all that's wrong with the world - more than its is symbolic of a society which seems to get excited over mundane stuff.
I blame X factor. Everyone is amazing on there. Even though they aren't.

I don't post anything on Facebook.

For me, the biggest reason to keep fb is to see updates about people's kids. I love it! Also, your child's birthday is the anniversary of you giving birth, which is a great achievement. Even if DS had no clue about the importance of birthdays I wanted to shout it from the roof tops - On this day I gave birth and it was hard and I was amazing!

Well, as expected, you've had a nice big sanctimonious kicking on here but I'm with you OP. It is showboating in most cases. I love your comment that many people seem to be amazed by very little!

Yes yes block them, hide them, blah blah blah but you are actually allowed to have an opinion on what other people post and to share it anonymously on an online forum

Don't tend to post on FB. I doubt anyone would be interested in what I do either!

You sound like a real nasty piece of work OP. I think you should go ahead and delete these people who are friends that appear to irritate you so much. They would probably do the same to you if they could see how spiteful and horrible you are about them.